50 Pfennig, Stadt Freiburg in Schlesien, 1921 (castle courtyard)

Notgeld der Stadt Freiburg i. Schles.

Reverse of 50 Pfennig, Stadt Freiburg in Schlesien, 1921 (castle courtyard) — Reverse 600 dpi

This copy

Accession: OM-00845
Series year: 1921
Actually issued: 1921
Signatures: This issue carries no bank manager or cashier signature.
Grade: UNC (IBNS)
Estimated from the archival scan. Folds, soiling and edge condition are visible at this resolution; paper crispness, pinholes, small repairs and pressing are not.
Estimated value: $10 indicative
Category benchmark scaled for grade — an order of magnitude, not an appraisal. Priced 2026-10-24.
Dimensions: 95 × 64 mm (±0.7, from the scan)
Themes: Notgeld Serienschein Weimar Republic Silesia Castles

The type

Type: 50 Pfennig, Stadt Freiburg in Schlesien, 1921 (castle courtyard)
Printer: Grube & Schneider, Freiburg i. Schl.
Rarity: common

Symbology

Alte Burg - Burghof: The courtyard of the old castle, one of the castle and landscape views carried on the backs of the 50-Pfennig set.
Wer lange sitzt muß rosten: "He who sits too long will rust", the proverb-motto printed with the castle-courtyard scene.

What was happening

By 1921 Notgeld had turned from wartime necessity into a collectors' market. Towns, firms and clubs commissioned lithographed Serienscheine - sets printed far beyond local need and illustrated with whatever a place was proud of.

Freiburg in Schlesien - today Świebodzice in south-western Poland - is a small Lower Silesian cloth and weaving town below Schloss Fürstenstein (Książ), the castle of the Hochberg family. Its 50-Pfennig notes share a front showing the two-towered town skyline with Stadt Freiburg i. Schles. / Fünfzig Pfennig / Der Magistrat, while each back carries a scene with a motto. The set was printed by Grube & Schneider of Freiburg in September 1921.

The back of this note shows an old castle courtyard captioned Alte Burg - Burghof under the motto Wer lange sitzt muß rosten ("he who sits too long will rust"). Its sister notes are [[notgeld-freiburg-schlesien-50-pfennig-burg-eingang]], [[notgeld-freiburg-schlesien-50-pfennig-fuerstenstein]] and [[notgeld-freiburg-schlesien-50-pfennig-tal]].

This account belongs to the type, not this copy — it is shared by every 50 Pfennig, Stadt Freiburg in Schlesien, 1921 (castle courtyard) in the collection.

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